Mo’ Wire
I watched the first episode of Series 5 of The Wire, which is available for free as a podcast via iTunes, on my iPod the other day. The viewing experience felt very strange (I’d never watched a video on the iPod before), but the episode was off the hook. Quite an accurate depiction of a newsroom too, which is something TV and film directors always seem to get wrong. Indeed, it’s one of the most realistic I’ve seen since State of Play.
Seeing as it’s B-More week here on the blog, here are some more goodies for y’all.
Thanks to Ivor for pointing me towards And All The Pieces Matter: Five Years of Music from The Wire and Beyond Hamsterdam: Baltimore Tracks from The Wire, two compilations of music used on the show just released on Nonesuch.
Shout out to Clarkey for letting us know that David Simon, the man behind The Wire, is coming to Dublin later this month. He’s giving a Television Drama Masterclass on January 24th.
And finally, kudos to Damien Mulley for catching this. 4 seasons in 4 minutes. Enjoy.
I love this blog so much right now. I’ve been dying to get my hands on the season 4 version of way down in the hole.
More wire stuff
National Public Radio interview with Snoop and Michael K Williams
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17902947
Interview with Wendell Pierce ( Bunk) and the God Like Andre Royo ( Bubbles).
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2008/01/podcast-wires-bubbles-and-bunk-andre.html
Comment by Q | January 11, 2008 at 10:08 amCheck out who gave the new series the lowest score on metacritic.
http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/wireseason5
Comment by Fionnán | January 11, 2008 at 9:08 pmFionnan - now there’s a surprise…..
Comment by Jim Carroll | January 12, 2008 at 11:15 amI got season one as a “blind buy” in the sales based on all the buzz around it and I just can’t get into it for some reason? I can acknowledge it’s well made, decent acting but it just doesn’t grab me in a “Ok ONE more episode then I’ll stop” way that The West Wing or Band Of Brothers did. I have a week off work now with nothing to do so I’ll give it another go.
Comment by Joe | January 12, 2008 at 12:59 pm